ICD-10 Assessments Today Need Fast Start
ICD-10 Assessments today need a faster start because there is less time to spare to get ready for the October 1, 2014 2015 deadline. What you don’t know can hurt…
PPACA Supreme Court Hearings Coverage in Social Media Need Holistic View
If The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is repealed it will be interesting to see if it is repealed in whole or in part. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) may excise the individual mandate requiring health insurance coverage, or it could strike it down entirely.
ICD-10 and Bundling – Study Raises Questions About Bundling To Pay Doctors
ICD-10 will drive initiatives such as bundling, as a component of health care payment reform. Therefore reimbursement, and case management and other areas must be viewed in a broader landscape. HIPAA mandates and health care reform impact one another.
ICD-10 Readiness Compromised by ICD-10 Revenue Cycle, Analytics Vendors
We find that most analytics and revenue cycle companies are ignoring the future role coordinated medical coding will have, the transition to ICD-10, and the clinical documentation and processes on the revenue cycle. The ICD-10 transition will re-write the book on revenue cycle management (RCM). RAC audits and Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) will be subject to a new paradigm with ICD-10.
ICD-10 Implementation and Medical Management are Co-mingled with Revenue Cycles
Implementing ICD-10 is more than just IT. Medical management under ICD-10 will require a new view of clinical data and an audit trail from ICD-9 to ICD-10. An ICD-10 assessment from a knowledgeable company can help show where opportunities are for your company.